Examples Of Aphorism

“Nigger”, “Colored-folks”, “Dinge”, racial slurs used in the South in the 1900s-1960s. The disgusting souls who discriminated, judged, hated, and segregated blacks. “White men rule”. Women, their voices, barely able to say as much as a sentence. The blacks, their voices, unable to say as much as even a word, and the children, innocent and curious, saw nothing and said nothing. Harper Lee represented the horrendous acts and judgments of racism in To Kill a Mockingbird. Maycomb, Alabama, 1930s, a small town with a big story. Tom Robinson, discriminated and unequal, was seen as “just another nigger” in Maycomb. “Nigger”, “Chocolate”, “Colored”, racial slurs that began long ago, and are still used to this day. The White

While communicating her main story, Griffin puts into words two other incidents in order to help the readers understand her notions. These two storylines are placed seemingly in a random way in italicized sentences between passages throughout the essay. The first are descriptions

Effectively, his deliberate use of syntax creates a structure in his essay which immerses the reader into the passage and allows his message to be conveyed. Often in the essay, he adopts compound-complex sentence structures to maximize his level of description and to fully establish the imagery he intends to create. Moreover, when he establishes depictions of action, motion, and speed, he creates considerably longer compound-complex sentences; using five or more clauses and at least one dash to thoroughly depict action, to eliminate any sense of pause, and to fully intrigue his readers. Such a usage of syntax is also parallel to when he writes that “...it was filled with motion, speed.” His lack of “and” but rather the word “speed” preceding a comma further represents the elimination of a sense of pause and his use of syntax in order to create a sense of speed and intensity. In the last paragraph, he continues his extensive use of compound-complex sentences and he suddenly slows down and ends his final part on shorter complex sentences.

“and she walks with her hands in her dress.” – she has a closed position “with her hands in in her dress”. As all the poem to this point assumed open minded attitude to understand and experience the poem, but the librarian does not want to accept it. “The poems are gone.” – is an example of the standard strand.

Some examples of convoluted sentences from the text are “His father,” and “The people I meet.”

Johnson uses words like “disdainful”, “magnificent”, “pompous”, “incompetent”, “imitate”, “supercilious”, “arrogant,” “meed,” and bold to describe the Negro in Harlem and to show their ‘supercilious’ nature towards other cultures.

Apess plays with the meanings of the words "black" and "blackness" throughout his essay. What is his intent in doing so?  Discuss some of the different ways in which he uses these words.

4. Allen’s language is pervaded by understatements, contrasts and absurdities. Give examples from the text:

“The mother removes her purse from her shoulder and rummages through its contents: lipstick, a lace handkerchief, an address book. She finds what she’s looking for and passes a folded dollar over her child’s head to the man who stands and stares even though the light has changed and traffic navigates around his hips… He does not know his part. He does not know that acceptance of the gift and gratitude are what makes this transaction complete… The mother grows impatient and pushes the stroller before her, bearing the dollar like a cross. Finally, a black hand rises and closes around green” (paragraphs 3-5).

During Tom Robinson’s trial, Tom is never referred to as Mr. Robinson but referred to as “Boy”, “Black Nigger”, or “That Nigger” (Lee 196). According to Jim Crow Etiquette, “Whites [do] not use courtesy titles when referring to Blacks” because courtesy titles, such as Mr., Mrs., and Ms. imply equality and respect (Pilgrim). Characters use derogatory names when referring to Tom to imply that African Americans are uncivilized beings of a lower class structure than Caucasians. Had the characters referred to Tom as Mr. Robinson, a tone of equality would have spread through the courtroom and Tom would have been judged as an equal under the law. If the all-Caucasian jury had judged the Tom Robinson case with equality, then Tom Robinson would not have been found guilty and the social hierarchy in Maycomb would have crumbled. Instead, the jury declared Tom Robinson guilty, because it does not want to disturb the social hierarchy in Maycomb. Just as African Americans were called “Niggers”, Caucasians who “associated with Blacks in a too friendly or casual manner ran the risk of being called a ‘Nigger lover’” (Davis). Not only were Caucasians chastising African Americans, but they were also castigating members of their fellow race because they could possibly upset the social hierarchy during Post Reconstruction America. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch is berated by Caucasians in Maycomb by being called a “Nigger lover”

The author allows us to infer that he is among those from the African-American heritage by the specific language used to describe the various types of people. The author is careful to use neutral wording; however, when referring to the Negro, the use of oppressive terminology suggests that the listener responding is especially sympathetic to the plight of the blacks. It is phrases such as, "I am the Negro bearing slavery's scars" (20) and "torn from Black Africa's strand I came" (49), which enable us to perceive the speaker's special affinity with the African people. By using a more specific designation when referring to the Negro, it is natural to assume that the speaker is also a Negro. 'The speaker subtly interjects the continuing oppression of the African American and establishes a hierarchy

In the book 47 by Mosley, harsh language is used to control and oppress the slaves. It was surprising to see that harsh language was not only used by the slave owners to oppress and control, but also amongst the slaves themselves. The uses of the word “nigger” was used constantly by the whites and between the slaves as a

This is again Twain making a mockery Southern values that considered it a sin to be kind to black people. Twain’s critics consider the novel to be racist and quite outwardly. They cite the common use of the word “nigger” as the most obvious instance of the book’s racism. To have used the words Negro or African American would have taken away from the story’s impact and would make it sound ridiculous. If Twain wanted to write a historically accurate book as he did then the inclusion of this word is totally

Another instance is whereby the speaker uses a combination of a metaphor with a strong imagery as seen in line twenty-five through line twenty-eight. The persona compares her failures in exams to

She was a large woman with a large purse that had everything in it but hammer and nails. It had a long strap, and she carried it slung across her shoulder. It was about eleven o’clock at night, and she was walking alone, when a boy ran up behind her and tried to snatch her purse. The strap broke with the single tug the boy gave it from behind. But the boy’s weight and the weight of the purse combined caused him to lose his balance so, intsead of taking off full blast as he had hoped, the boy fell on his back on the sidewalk, and his legs flew up. the large woman simply turned around and kicked him right square in his blue-jeaned sitter. Then she reached down, picked the boy up by his shirt front, and shook him until his teeth rattled.